La cathédrale engloutie II

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Music and poetry were abiding influences for Richards' art. He claimed in 1960 that, "all artists - poets, musician, painters - are creating in their own idioms metaphors for the nature of existence, for the secrets of their time." From 1957 to 1962 Richards was preoccupied with a series of semi-abstract seascapes that were inspired by Claude Debussy's prelude 'La Cathédrale Engloutie', an evocation of the legend of the submerged cathedral at Ys on the coast of Brittany, which was said to rise from the depths of the sea at moments of profound calm with its bells ringing through the water. The music reminded him of the coast of Gower in Wales, where he had spent his youth, and he related the idea of the natural world reclaiming a monumental human edifice to the marine depths to the notion of the 'cycle of nature'.

Pallant House Gallery

Chichester

Title

La cathédrale engloutie II

Date

1960

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 42 x W 42 cm

Accession number

CHCPH 0268

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Walter Hussey to Chichester District Council, 1985

Work type

Painting

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